1Order of the day, 27 February 2017
/ Human Rights CouncilThirty-seventhsession
Geneva, 26 February -23 March 2018
Order of the day[*]
Plenary meetings – Room XX
Tuesday, 27February 2018
MORNING
9.00 – 12.00
4th meeting / High-level segment[**]
H.E. Mr. Karl Erjavec, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Slovenia
H.E. Ms. Marija Pejčinović Burić, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, Croatia
H.E. Mr. Martin Stropnický, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Czechia
H.E. Mr. Alfonso María Dastis Quecedo, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Spain
H.E Mr. Mostapha Ramid, Minister of State for Human Rights, Morocco
H.E. Ms. Aishath Shiham, Minister of Education, Maldives
H.E. Mr. Alan Peter S. Cayetano, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Philippines
H.E. Mr. Elmar Mammadyarov, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Azerbaijan
H.E. Mr. Kyaw Tin, Minister of International Co-operation, Myanmar
H.E. Mr. Ziyambi Ziyambi, Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs, Zimbabwe
H.E. Mr. Luwellyn Landers, Deputy Minister for International Relations and Cooperation, South Africa
H.E. Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
H.E. Mr. Ivan Korčok,State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, Slovakia
H.E. Mr. Miguel Ruiz Cabañas, Undersecretary for Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights, Mexico
H.E. Mr. Yousef A. Al Othaimeen, Secretary-General, Organization of Islamic Cooperation
H.E. Ms. Hirut Zemene Kassa, State Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ethiopia
H.E. Mr. Ahmed Abdulrahman Al-Jarman, Assistant Minister for Human Rights and International Law of the United Arab Emirates
H.E. Mr. Darius Skusevičius, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lithuania
H.E. Ms. Minata Samate Cessouma, Commissioner for Political Affairs, African Union
LUNCH
12.00– 15.00
5th meeting / High-level segment(cont’d)
H.E. Mr. Alfonso Nsue Mokuy, Third Vice Prime Minister, Charged with Human Rights, Equatorial Guinea
H.E. Mr.Tsebang Putsoane, Deputy Attorney General, Lesotho
H.E. Mr. Carmelo Abela, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Malta
H.E. Ms. Lilyana Pavlova, Minister for the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, Bulgaria
H.E. Mr. Félix Braz, Minister of Justice, Luxembourg
H.E. Mr. Alejandro Solano Ortiz, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs and Worship, Costa Rica
H.E. Mr.Viktor Dimovski, State Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
H.E. Mr. Sergiy Kyslytsya, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ukraine
H.E. Ms. Chrystia Freeland, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Canada
H.E. Mr. Cheikh Tourad Ould Abdel Malick, Commissioner for Human Rights and Humanitarian Action, Mauritania
H.E. Mr. Yerzhan Ashikbayev, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Kazakhstan
H.E. Mr. Ciarán Cannon, Minister of State for the Diaspora and International Development, Ireland
H.E. Mr. Hernán Quezada, Director of Human Rights of the Ministry of Foreign Relations, Chile
H.E. Ms. Patricia Scotland, Secretary-General, The Commonwealth
Ms. Karmen Laus, Director of International Organisations Division, Political Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Estonia
AFTERNOON
15.00 – 16.00
6th meeting / High-level segment[**] / H.E. Mr. Alfonso Nsue Mokuy, Third Vice Prime Minister, Charged with Human Rights, Equatorial Guinea
H.E. Mr. Sameh Hassan Shokry Selim, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Egypt
H.E. Mr. Edward Nalbandian, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Armenia
H.E. Ms. Marie Ange Mushobekwa, Minister for Human Rights, Democratic Republic of the Congo
H.E. Ms. Margot Wallström, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Sweden
H.E. Mr. Seyyed Alireza Avaei, Minister of Justice, Islamic Republic of Iran
H.E. Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nigeria
H.E. Ms. Bärbel Kofler, Federal Government Commissioner for Human Rights Policy and Humanitarian Aid, Germany
H.E. M Noureddine Ayadi, Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Algeria
H.E. Ms. María Luisa Navarro, Vice-Minister of Multilateral Affairs and Cooperation, Panama
H.E. Mr. Adel Ahmed Al-Jubeir, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Saudi Arabia
H.E. Mr. Manabu Horii, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, Japan
Mr. Stavros Lambrinidis, European Union Special Representative for Human Rights, European Union
H.E. Mr. Martin Chungong, Secretary General, Inter-Parliamentary Union
H.E. Mr. Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, Secretary of State to the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, France
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Draft Programme of Work for the 37th session of the Human Rights Council (26 february - 23 march 2018)
Version of 23 February 2018 (PROVISIONAL AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE)
26 February / 5 March / 12 March / 19 March
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12.00 / Item 1
Opening of session
High-level segment (HLS) / 9.00
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11.00 / Annual full-day MEETing: rights of the child (res. 7/29 & 34/16) / 9:00
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12.00 / ITEM 4 - ID with:
- SR on DPRK
- Discussion of the report of the SR on Islamic Republic of Iran / 9.00
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12.00 / General debate on ITEM 6 (cont’d)
ITEM 7
- ID with SR on OPT
- HC/SG reports
11.00
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12.00 / ITEM 3 -Clustered ID (cont’d)
12.00
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15.00 / HLS (cont’d) / 12.00
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15.00 / Clustered ID with:
- SR privacy
- SR sale of children / 12.00
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15.00 / Clustered ID with:
- FFM on Myanmar (oral update)
- SR on Myanmar / 12.00
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15.00 / General debate on ITEM 7
General debate on ITEM 8
15.00
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16.00 / HLS (cont’d) / 15.00
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16.00 / ITEM 3 -Clustered ID (cont’d) / 15.00
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18.00 / IDs with:
- Enhanced ID on Eritrea / 15.00
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18.00 / General debate on ITEM 8 (cont’d)
ITEM 9
-Reports of Ad Hoc Committee, IGWG on DDPA
- General debate on ITEM 9
16.00
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18.00 / HIGH-LEVEL MAINSTREAMING panel:(res. 16/21) / 16.00
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18.00 / Annual full-day MeeTinG: rights of the child (res. 7/29 & 34/16)
27 February / 6 March / 13 March / 20 March
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12.00 / HLS (cont’d) / 10.00
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13.00 / ITEM 3 -Clustered ID (cont’d)
Clustered ID with SRSGs:
- violence against children
- children and armed conflict / 9.00
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11.00 / HiGh-level panel: human rights of children in syria (res. 36/20) / 10.00
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13.00 / ITEM 10
- Enhanced ID on HC oral update on the Democratic Republic of the Congo
11.00
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12.00 / ITEM 4
ID with COI Syrian Arab Republic
12.00
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15.00 / HLS (cont’d) / 13.00
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15.00 / BREAK / 12.00
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15.00 / -ID with COI (cont’d)
- ID with Commission on S Sudan / 13.00
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15.00 / BREAK
15.00
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18.00 / HLS (cont’d) / 15.00
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18.00 / ITEM 3
Clustered ID with:
- SR disabilities
- IE albinismaccessible / 15.00
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18.00 / - IDSouth Sudan (cont’d)
Clustered ID with:
- COI on Burundi
- HC oral update on Burundi / 15.00
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18.00 / ITEM 10
- ID with IE on Mali
- ID on HC report on Libya
28 February / 7 March / 14 March / 21 March
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12.00 / HLS (cont’d) / 10.00
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13.00 / ITEM 2 - HC annual report
(presentation only)
ITEM 3 -Clustered ID (cont’d) / 9.00
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12.00 / ITEM 4
Clustered ID (cont’d)
HC oral update on DPRK and Eritrea, followed by General debate on ITEM 4 / 9.00
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12.00 / ITEM 10
- ID on HC oral report on Ukraine
- High-level ID on human rights situation in the Central African Republic
12.00
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15.00 / HLS (cont’d)
General segment
ITEM 3 -Clustered ID with:
- SR adequate housing
- IE foreign debt / 13.00
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15.00 / BREAK / 12.00
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15.00 / General debate on ITEM 4 (cont’d) / 12.00
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15.00 / - High-level ID on human rights situation in the Central African Republic (cont’d)
15.00
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16.00 / ITEM 3 -Clustered ID (cont’d) / 15.00
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16.00 / ITEM 3 -Clustered ID (cont’d) / 15.00
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18.00 / General debate on ITEM 4 (cont’d)
ITEM 3
ID with SR minorities(cont’d)
ITEM 5
- Report of Forum on Minority Issues
- Report of Social Forum
- SP annual report by CC chair
- General debate on ITEM 5 / 15.00
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18.00 / ITEM 2
- HC/SG country reports, oral briefings (Colombia, Cyprus, Guatemala, Honduras, Iran, Sri Lanka) followed by General debate
ITEM 10
- Other HC/SG country reports or oral briefings (Afghanistan, Cambodia, Haiti, Yemen)
- HC presentation on technical
cooperation and report of Board of Trustees (Voluntary Fund Tech. Coop) followed by GD
16.00
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18.00 / HIGH-LEVEL PANEL: 70th ANNIVERSARY OF UDHR AND 25TH OF VDPA
(res. 35/1)
accessible / 16.00
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18.00 / Annual debate: Rights of persons disabilitIEs(res. 7/9, 31/6) accessible
1 March / 8 March / 15 March / 22 March
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12.00 / ITEM 3 -Clustered ID (cont’d)
Clustered ID with:
- SR human rights defenders
- SR torture / 10.00
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13.00 / ITEM 3 -Clustered ID (cont’d)
ITEM 2 - ID with the HC / 9.00
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10.00 / General debate on ITEM 5 (cont’d) / 9.00
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12.00 / ITEM 1
Decisions and conclusions
10.00
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12.00 / ITEM 6
UPR outcomes
Czechia, Argentina
12.00
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15.00 / ITEM 3 -Clustered ID (cont’d) / 13.00
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15.00 / BREAK / 12.00
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15.00 / UPR outcomes
Gabon, Ghana, Peru / 12.00
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15.00 / Decisions and conclusions (cont’d)
15.00
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18.00 / ITEM 3 -Clustered ID(cont’d)
Clustered ID with:
- SR terrorism
- SR cultural rights / 15.00
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18.00 / ID with the HC (cont’d)
ITEM 3
- Report of IGWG on TNCs
- HC/OHCHR/SG thematic reports, incl. on HRC res. 34/32 / 15.00
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18.00 / UPR outcomes
Guatemala, Switzerland, Republic of Korea / 15.00
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18.00 / Decisions and conclusions (cont’d)
2 March / 9 March / 16 March / 23 March
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12.00 / ITEM 3 -Clustered ID(cont’d)
ITEM 3 Individual ID with:
- SR freedom of religion / 10.00
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13.00 / General debate on ITEM 3 / 09.00
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11.00 / DEBATE ONf racial discrimination
(GA res. 72/157) / 9.00
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12.00 / Decisions and conclusions (cont’d)
11.00
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12.00 / ITEM 6 - UPR outcomes
Benin
12.00
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15.00 / ITEM 3 Individual ID(cont’d)
ITEM 3 Clustered ID joint study transitional justice:
- SR truth and justice
- SA prevention of genocide / 13.00
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15.00 / BREAK / 12.00
15.00 / ITEM 6 - UPR outcomes
Pakistan, Zambia, Japan / 12.00
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15.00 / Decisions and conclusions(cont’d)
15.00
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18.00 / ITEM 3-Clustered ID(cont’d)
Clustered ID with:
- SR environment
- SR food / 15.00
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18.00 / General debate on ITEM 3 (cont’d) / 15.00
17.00 / ITEM 6 - UPR outcomes
Ukraine, Sri Lanka / 15.00
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18.00 / Decisions and conclusions (cont’d)
- Appointment of mandate holders
- Adoption of session report
17.00
18.00 / General debate on ITEM 6
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[*]The information contained in this document was compiled and is correct as of 6 p.m. of the previous day. In the event that the consideration of a specific item or sub-item does not take up the whole meeting, the Council will move to the consideration of the next item or sub-item scheduled for the following meeting, with the exception of panels and the consideration of UPR reports. The Secretariat will communicate any changes or updates by SMS alerts, HRC Extranet and Twitter (@UN_HRC #HRC37). Any comments should be notified to the Secretariat, room E-3060.
[**]**The present list is provisional and subject to change.
[**]**The present list is provisional and subject to change.